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"See all, hear all, say nowt. Eat all, sup all, pay nowt. And if ever tha does owt for nowt, allus do it for thisen."
My family came from 'alifax. One gt grandmother from York (Temple Newsam), a gt gt grandmother, from some area of Bradford.
(Sorry, that's the genealogy kicking in.)
It's easier to understand when you see it written out. Back when I was in an online Yorkshire genealogy group, they used to have us baffled with their Yorkshire dialect sayings. It was unintelligible even in writing. I think they finally made a website for it and it's probably still out there somewhere. Back then Sheffield Univ. was studying the dying dialect. They had recordings of very old people and it was impossible to understand what they were saying.
RIght off, she uses that third person construction. You'll hear, "He were." She also used the "T" sound for "the." Her daddy "looks like a moooonky."
Usually, to be honest, I usually don't bother watching videos but this one is a classic and it's a CUTENESS overload. A darling little 3 year old girl, lotsa laffs and she LUVS 'er mummy and daddy. (This is short but worth watching.) Watch and smile:
In south east London and Kent I always hear people saying "we was" doing this or "you was" doing that instead of "were". No idea how far it extends, but I correct my child so she knows the correct version, even if she says it differently around friends.
In south east London and Kent I always hear people saying "we was" doing this or "you was" doing that instead of "were". No idea how far it extends, but I correct my child so she knows the correct version, even if she says it differently around friends.
We get that over here too but it's just low class English. Sometimes they say, "I seen" instead of "I saw."
RIght off, she uses that third person construction. You'll hear, "He were." She also used the "T" sound for "the." Her daddy "looks like a moooonky."
Usually, to be honest, I usually don't bother watching videos but this one is a classic and it's a CUTENESS overload. A darling little 3 year old girl, lotsa laffs and she LUVS 'er mummy and daddy. (This is short but worth watching.) Watch and smile:
I knew it was set in Sheffield but didn't look to see that Sheffield is in Yorkshire. Thanks!
My UK geography skills are somewhat lacking.
That's okay, I don't know the rest of England very well. I only know Yorkshire because of family and genealogy. Used to be divided into Ridings, West Riding/WRY is the one I'm most familiar with but it gets very confusing!!!!!!! So confusing that I can barely stand to read about it.
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So confusing that I can barely stand to read about it.
